Trump's court rolling back decades of progress based on MAGA fantasies about a past that never exist
Donald Trump's three appointments to the U.S. Supreme Court launched a judicial revolution this year rolling back the past half-century of constitutional advancements.
The Trump-shaped right-wing majority reversed abortion rights, declared the separation of church and state dead and decided the Second Amendment blocked state concealed-carry laws, and seems poised to steer the court in an even more radical direction in next year's decisions, according to Bloomberg columnist Noah Feldman.
"What unifies this conservative revolution is a radical vision of the restoration of constitutional law to the state it was in before the liberal decisions of the Warren court created modern constitutional law more than 50 years ago," Feldman wrote. "But this conservative court doesnt only want to roll back the clock. They also want to change how judicial decisions are made: Instead of relying on precedent and principle, they insist on using a nostalgic version of history to decide major cases. And like most forms of nostalgia, the courts approach is less historical than pseudo-historical."
The conservative majority based their radical decisions on loosely defined "historical practices" that reflect the idealized fantasy of Trump's worldview more than the actual historic record, which numerous historians have tried to correct in filings before the court.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/opinion/trump-s-court-rolling-back-decades-of-progress-based-on-maga-fantasies-about-a-past-that-never-existed-analysis/ar-AA15IsyJ
Walleye
(31,028 posts)LakeArenal
(28,820 posts)If the want a stronger Union now they should build stronger unions. Again.
GreenWave
(6,759 posts)I saw him take a pie out of the oven. So how did he get the blueberries inside without breaking the crust! Off to the dunking machine!
If MSN does not stop calling reactionaries "radicals" GRRR and subsequently GRRR I shall start saying MSN means My Stupid Nazi!
True Blue American
(17,985 posts)May they rot for all the things they have done starting with Citizens United, turning down the Feingold/ McCain bill. On to the rest.
AndyS
(14,559 posts)the concept of precedent it won't be difficult to overturn everything they did when the court finally swings back to the center or left.
Skittles
(153,169 posts)they cannot handle any loss in their non-deserved FAVORED STATUS